Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon, Illinois. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system for producing college educated teachers. Douglas Baker was named the university's twelfth president in May 2013. The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges and has a student body of 25,000 with over 225,000 alumni. Many of NIU's programs are nationally accredited for meeting high standards of academic quality, including business, engineering, nursing, visual and performing arts, and all teacher certification programs. It is one of only two public universities in Illinois that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the highest levels of all sports, Division I. NIU's athletic teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference.

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Title:
Judson Fellowship NIU

Description:
Judson Fellowship is a student organization connected to Northern Illinois University located in DeKalb, Illinois. The organization is completely led by the students. There are five student board members that help lead and guide our organization. The organization has five main goals: Worship, Bible Study, Outreach, Fellowship, and Service/Mission. Our goal is to offer the students intellectual resources, teaching, and encouragement not naturally provided as part of the NIU mission statement but necessary to develop mature Christian leaders.

Title:
Northern Star

Description:
The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb city and county news, NIU Huskie sports and northern Illinois entertainment.
The newspaper has published continuously since 1899. It was originally called the Northern Illinois, until 1954 when it was renamed the Northern Star. The paper became a daily (M-F) in 1965. The Northern Star Online was launched in 1995.
The newspaper publishes Monday through Thursday during the academic year and weekly during the summer sessions. Exceptions to publication are holidays, semester breaks and exam periods. The Northern Star is a member of The Associated Press, Associated Collegiate Press, College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, Illinois College Press Association, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and several other professional journalism organizations.
The Northern Star offices are located in the Campus Life Building, Suite 130, DeKalb, IL 60115.

Title:
University Libraries at Northern Illinois University

Description:
The Northern Illinois University Libraries system consists of Founders Memorial Library (main library), and two branch libraries -- Faraday Library, and the Music Library. The Regional History Center/University Archives are located in Founders Memorial Library. The University Libraries contain over 2 million volumes as well as periodicals, government publications, microforms, maps, recordings, audiovisual materials, and electronic databases. The University Libraries serves the students, faculty and staff of NIU and is open to the public.